Dakar - Daily results for cars

[TinyTim]

A good day at the office for the Evos - overall placings at end of day 3

1   C. Sainz      05:09:19     
2   G. de Villiers      05:10:21     +  00:01:02.00
3   C. Sousa      05:13:45     +  00:04:26.00
4   S. Peterhansel      05:15:22     +  00:06:03.00
5   M. Miller      05:18:31     +  00:09:12.00
6   H. Masuoka      05:20:36     +  00:11:17.00
7   N. Roma      05:20:56     +  00:11:37.00
8   L. Alphand      05:21:18     +  00:11:59.00
9   G. Chicherit      05:22:18     +  00:12:59.00
10   N. Al Attiyah      05:31:58     +  00:22:39.00
11   J. Schlesser      05:35:37     +  00:26:18.00
12   C. Lavieille      05:35:49     +  00:26:30.00
13   B. ROUSSELOT      05:43:39     +  00:34:20.00
14   S. SHMAKOV      05:53:49     +  00:44:30.00
15   E. VIGOUROUX      05:55:01     +  00:45:42.00
16   S. JEAN-JOSEPH      05:57:55     +  00:48:36.00
17   F. LOIX      06:01:33     +  00:52:14.00
18   A. BERKUT      06:02:20     +  00:53:01.00
19   Y. Muller      06:03:59     +  00:54:40.00
20   L. NOVITSKIY

[Br00n1e]

there staring to gather pace

[m3ncl]

the daddy is coming up 

[Br00n1e]

dinnae say that when yer under me ...................perv

[m3ncl]

    sorry gav 

[Br00n1e]

 

[TinyTim]

A sad day for the bikers ...

Tragedy has struck the Dakar Rally after South African motorcyclist Elmer Symons died following an accident. The 29-year-old KTM rider crashed 140km into stage four, and was pronounced dead at the scene after medical assistance was flown in.

Doctors were on the scene within eight minutes, but they were powerless to save the rider.

Symons was 18th in the overall standings after three stages, and suffered the accident at 10:16 CET (09:16 GMT)

Elmer's brother Kingsley was in Africa to help him on his first Daka, and event organisers extended their sympathy to his family.

Race director Etienne Lavigne said: "We don't exactly know the causes of either the accident or the rider's death.

"The accident happened on a section marked as 'dangerous', level two [out of three]. It is an area where there are waves of sand. It is a racing accident in a very difficult off-road competition."

In 2006 the KTM motorcyclist Andy Caldecott was killed after an accident, and two spectators died in separate incidents.

A year before, two riders died in consecutive days. Jose Manuel Perez and Fabrizio Meoni. A total of 47 competitors have lost their lives since the race began in 1979

Car overall standings as follows...

1   C. Sainz      09:17:11     
2   G. de Villiers      09:19:06     +  00:01:55.00
3   C. Sousa      09:21:31     +  00:04:20.00
4   N. Roma      09:28:55     +  00:11:44.00
5   H. Masuoka      09:30:00     +  00:12:49.00
6   L. Alphand      09:33:21     +  00:16:10.00
7   J. Schlesser      09:35:31     +  00:18:20.00
8   G. Chicherit      09:35:39     +  00:18:28.00
9   S. Peterhansel      09:41:12     +  00:24:01.00
10   M. Miller      09:59:05     +  00:41:54.00
11   B. ROUSSELOT      10:07:29     +  00:50:18.00
12   N. Al Attiyah      10:26:39     +  01:09:28.00
13   E. VIGOUROUX      10:39:15     +  01:22:04.00
14   S. SHMAKOV      10:41:54     +  01:24:43.00
15   S. JEAN-JOSEPH      10:47:16     +  01:30:05.00
16   J. MONTERDE      10:58:26     +  01:41:15.00
17   F. LOIX      11:03:09     +  01:45:58.00
18   L. NOVITSKIY      11:05:57     +  01:48:46.00
19   A. BERKUT      11:06:13     +  01:49:02.00
20   D. Housieaux      11:18:04     +  02:00:53.00

[m3ncl]

  thats not good news at all

[TinyTim]

Good day for the Evos today finishing 2, 4, 5, and 10 for the stage

Overall looks like this ...

1   C. Sainz      12:53:50     
2   G. de Villiers      12:57:26     +  00:03:36.00
3   C. Sousa      13:05:07     +  00:11:17.00
4   N. Roma      13:10:06     +  00:16:16.00
5   L. Alphand      13:14:17     +  00:20:27.00
6   G. Chicherit      13:17:21     +  00:23:31.00
7   S. Peterhansel      13:18:21     +  00:24:31.00
8   H. Masuoka      13:19:09     +  00:25:19.00
9   J. Schlesser      13:29:40     +  00:35:50.00
10   M. Miller      13:43:22     +  00:49:32.00
11   B. ROUSSELOT      13:54:18     +  01:00:28.00
12   N. Al Attiyah      14:16:15     +  01:22:25.00
13   S. SHMAKOV      14:31:05     +  01:37:15.00
14   E. VIGOUROUX      14:39:46     +  01:45:56.00
15   S. JEAN-JOSEPH      14:41:59     +  01:48:09.00
16   J. MONTERDE      15:01:23     +  02:07:33.00
17   F. LOIX      15:12:51     +  02:19:01.00
18   A. BERKUT      15:14:09     +  02:20:19.00
19   S. HENRARD      15:30:07     +  02:36:17.00
20   L. NOVITSKIY      15:36:50     +  02:43:00.00

[TinyTim]

Day 6 - more of the same with a surprise result from the Hummer of Gordon to win the stage 

Overall standings as folows ...

1   C. Sainz      16:00:04     
2   G. de Villiers      16:03:15     +  00:03:11.00
3   C. Sousa      16:14:07     +  00:14:03.00
4   L. Alphand      16:23:59     +  00:23:55.00
5   S. Peterhansel      16:25:07     +  00:25:03.00
6   J. Schlesser      16:28:54     +  00:28:50.00
7   N. Roma      16:37:35     +  00:37:31.00
8   M. Miller      16:54:57     +  00:54:53.00
9   H. Masuoka      17:04:27     +  01:04:23.00
10   N. Al Attiyah      17:23:36     +  01:23:32.00
11   S. SHMAKOV      17:55:20     +  01:55:16.00
12   S. JEAN-JOSEPH      18:15:56     +  02:15:52.00
13   J. MONTERDE      18:38:51     +  02:38:47.00
14   F. LOIX      18:45:03     +  02:44:59.00
15   E. VIGOUROUX      18:56:32     +  02:56:28.00
16   M. BARBOSA      19:26:00     +  03:25:56.00
17   S. HENRARD      19:36:38     +  03:36:34.00
18   K. HOLOWCZYC      19:39:26     +  03:39:22.00
19   R. GORDON      19:49:11     +  03:49:07.00
20   E. ORIOLI      19:51:02     +  03:50:58.00

[TinyTim]

Only Jean-Louis Schlesser, 13th out of the gate this morning, appears able to keep up, timed at an average of 190km/h.

That's 118 mph - as an average speed     

[TinyTim]

Roma rolled but had a soft landing 

Not ruled out yet apparently

[TinyTim]

Roma rolled twice end over end cos of a collapsed dune.

Looks like he could be reduced to fast support now or out altogether 

Good of him to give an interview tho just after getting back to the bivouac. 

[TinyTim]

Power steering problems for Carlos Sainz today means another stage win for De Villers and Mitsubishi drivers climbing the overall table

1   G. de Villiers      27:35:53     
2   S. Peterhansel      28:07:06     +  00:31:13.00
3   L. Alphand      28:18:57     +  00:43:04.00
4   C. Sainz      28:41:44     +  01:05:51.00
5   N. Al Attiyah      29:20:07     +  01:44:14.00
6   J. Schlesser      29:36:52     +  02:00:59.00
7   M. Miller      29:53:54     +  02:18:01.00
8   H. Masuoka      30:16:26     +  02:40:33.00
9   C. Sousa      31:52:28     +  04:16:35.00
10   R. GORDON      33:59:10     +  06:23:17.00

[LePaj]

can't wait for you to post the results later..... looks like Mitsu's take the lead, just checked on eurosport.... Stephane Peterhansel heading for top spot in the overall rankings. A dreadful day for the Volkswagens of De Villiers and Sainz - advantage Mitsubishi!